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Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival

Thursday, April 23 to Sunday, April 26, 2026 (all day)
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
The Iowa City International Film Festival is a student-run experimental film festival hosted in Iowa City.
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Film Screening at FilmScene with Director Khalik Allah

Thursday, April 23, 2026 6:30pm to 9:00pm
FilmScene (Chauncey)

The Stanley presents a Pay What You Can screening of experimental documentary work by New York-based filmmaker Khalik Allah, in collaboration with FilmScene. The double feature screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director who will be in Iowa City for the Iowa City International Film Festival (ICDOCS).

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This programming is related the exhibition, Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa, on view at the Stanley from February 28, 2026 - July 26, 2026.

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Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival promotional image

Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival

Friday, April 24 to Sunday, April 26, 2026 (all day)
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
The Iowa City International Film Festival is a student-run experimental film festival hosted in Iowa City.

Owl of Minerva Theater Movie Night

Friday, April 24, 2026 5:30pm
English-Philosophy Building

The Battle of Algiers (1966, Gillo Pontecorvo). 121 min.

Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival promotional image

Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival

Saturday, April 25 to Sunday, April 26, 2026 (all day)
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
The Iowa City International Film Festival is a student-run experimental film festival hosted in Iowa City.
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In Conversation | Khalik Allah & Robert Moore

Saturday, April 25, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Join the Stanley Museum of Art and FilmScene for an engaging talk concluding the collaborative film series part of the exhibition Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa. This program brings together New York-based filmmaker Khalik Allah, here for Iowa City International Film Festival (ICDOCS), and Des Moines-based artist Robert Moore for a conversation on the complexities of masculinities and the arts.

Following a screening of Black Mother + Field Niggas on Thursday April 23 at...

Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival promotional image

Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival

Sunday, April 26, 2026 (all day)
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
The Iowa City International Film Festival is a student-run experimental film festival hosted in Iowa City.

Owl of Minerva Theater Movie Night

Friday, May 1, 2026 5:30pm
English-Philosophy Building

Network (1976, Sidney Lumet). 121 min.

Owl of Minerva Theater Movie Night

Friday, May 8, 2026 5:30pm
English-Philosophy Building

A Face in the Crowd (1957, Elia Kazan). 125 min.